Global Warming

Earth surpasses critical 2-degree warming threshold, European climate officials say

Leave a Comment / Global Warming / By / November 22, 2023

For the first time since record keeping began, Earth has surpassed a critical temperature threshold that scientists have long warned could unleash the worst effects of climate change. On Friday, the planet soared 2.07 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, or the 1850 to 1900 average, according to Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Two degrees Celsius …

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Report: Earth Thundering Toward Planet Unfit For Humans

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming / By / October 30, 2023

Photo Credit: Philomath News The Earth is barreling toward “uncharted climate territory” and on track to become uninhabitable for three and six billion people by the end of the century, a new report found. The research, led by Oregon State University scientists, casts dire warnings, saying big changes are needed now. The State of the …

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How Paris prepared for water shortages caused by climate change

How Paris prepared for water shortages caused by climate change

1 Comment / Climate Change, Environment, ESG, Global Warming, Information / By / October 18, 2023

Climate change is causing large cities around the world to face water shortages. But in Paris, the city has been working proactively for years to conserve and clean water. We speak about the city’s solutions with Peter Yeung, contributing editor for the online publication Reasons to be Cheerful. This article was originally published on WBUR.org. Credits: Boise …

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Hundreds of potentially toxic road runoff outfalls polluting England’s rivers

Hundreds of potentially toxic road runoff outfalls polluting England’s rivers

Leave a Comment / Efforts, Global Warming, Information, Pollution / By / October 6, 2023

Exclusive: No regulator is monitoring scale of impact of dangerous chemicals on wildlife or public health A toxic cocktail of damaging chemicals created by road pollution is flowing into England’s rivers and no regulator is monitoring the scale of its impact on wildlife or public health. More than 18,000 outfalls, such as pipes, and about …

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People walk in Central Park as smoke from wildfires in Canada cause hazy conditions in New York on June 7.

Even short-term exposure to air pollution may raise risk of stroke, study finds

1 Comment / Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Pollution / By / September 28, 2023

Researchers looked at the links between a number of common pollutants and risk of stroke. This past summer, wildfire smoke periodically blanketed the United States, bringing stinging air and hazy skies to the Northeast and the Midwest, regions that are unaccustomed to the itchy eyes, scratchy throats and breathing problems that come from being downwind of such …

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